Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nigh; near; close by.
- Nigh; near.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition Archaic Nigh.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic
Nigh ;near ; close by (to). - preposition archaic Nigh; near.
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Examples
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"What's comin 'anigh' em?" asked the old woman scornfully.
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And when the woman Ipsukuk is anigh thee, -- she who smeareth her face with molasses, -- do thou smite her likewise, and whosoever else that possesseth flour and cometh to thy hand.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010
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And when the woman Ipsukuk is anigh thee, -- she who smeareth her face with molasses, -- do thou smite her likewise, and whosoever else that possesseth flour and cometh to thy hand.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010
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And so now, when their hearts are-brought anigh to each other, great cheer they made: then came Grimhild to Gudrun, and spake.
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Hodbrod was clad in a byrny, and had his helm on his head; he asked — “What men are anigh, why look ye so wrathful?”
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To lead the flight two aged guides are we; my care is centred on these boys, while she, I mean Alcmena, clasps her son's daughter in her arms, and bears her for safety within this shrine, for we shrink from letting tender maidens come anigh the crowd or stand as suppliants at the altar.
The Heracleidae 2008
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To lead the flight two aged guides are we; my care is centred on these boys, while she, I mean Alcmena, clasps her son's daughter in her arms, and bears her for safety within this shrine, for we shrink from letting tender maidens come anigh the crowd or stand as suppliants at the altar.
The Heracleidae 2008
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Some foeman draws anigh our host, or thieves maybe, or spies.
Rhesus 2008
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Some foeman draws anigh our host, or thieves maybe, or spies.
Rhesus 2008
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And once again he spake, “A countenance of terror I bore up before all folk, after that I brooded over the heritage of my brother, and on every side did I spout out poison, so that none durst come anigh me, and of no weapon was I adrad, nor ever had I so many men before me, as that I deemed myself not stronger than all; for all men were sore afeard of me.”
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